JEAN PAUL GAULTIER, Maille, 1997 S/S, Optical illusion dress with v-neck
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Jean Paul Gaultier S/S 1996 Vintage Cyberbaba Optical Illusion Jacket Blazer Top
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Naples, FL
Jean Paul Gaultier S/S 1996 Vintage Cyberbaba Optical Illusion Jacket Blazer Top IT 44 AS SEEN ON
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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER "Cyberbaba" Body Optical Illusion Blazer Jacket
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Optic Illusion Geometric Iridescent Asymmetric Dress
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Optic Illusion Geometric Iridescent Asymmetric Dress Measurements taken
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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Constellation Face Optic Illusion Shirt Blazer Jacket
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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Smoking Black Tuxedo Long Dress
By Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean Paul Gaultier Classique
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
(145 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic JEAN PAUL GAULTIER. - Trompe l'oeil/ Illusion smoking black tuxedo
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Optical Illusion Profile Sheer Mesh Top
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Nice, FR
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER vintage tartan plaid motif sheer mesh top featuring an optical illusion female
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Fishnet Optic Illusion Geometric Maxi Dress
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Nice, FR
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER vintage optic illusion geometric pattern print maxi dress featuring a sexy brown
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Jean Paul Gaultier Black Knit Illusion Dress With Chiffon Overlay & Sleeves
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Resurrection Vintage is excited to offer a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier black illusion dress
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Jean Paul Gaultier yellow optical illusion printed mesh shirt, ss 1996
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in London, GB
Jean Paul Gaultier; yellow and brown optical illusion printed mesh button up shirt Spring-Summer
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage 2000’s V-neck Illusion Mesh Top
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in London, GB
We are very excited to present this iconic Vintage circa 2000’s Jean Paul Gaultier mesh top
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Spring/Summer 1996 Jean Paul Gaultier Sheer Body Illusion and Contour Kaftan
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Optical Illusion Dietrich Virgin Wool Sweater Size L
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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Jean Paul Gaultier S/S 2001 Constellation Face Optic Illusion Print Maxi Dress
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage 1996 Cyberbaba Body Map Optical Illusion Top Size L
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S/S 2013 Black Lace Illusion Slip Dress x La Perla
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Vintage 1990's Jean Paul Gaultier Illusion Mini Dress Featuring a Dragon
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier Optical Illusion Tee
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striking visual illusion is vintage Jean Paul Gaultier.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Optical Illusion Dietrich Mens Sweater Size L
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Maille Homme vintage optical illusion sweater featuring MARLENE DIETRICH
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Cyberbaba Body Illusion Blazer USA Size 10
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Nice, FR
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER vintage body illusion op-art Blazer from the Cyberbaba Collection Spring/Summer
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Rare Optical Illusion Bikini Fuzzi Mesh Top
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER vintage rare optical illusion bikini stretchy nylon mesh top. Label reads JEAN
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Optic Illusion Geometric Dress USA Size 8
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Rare Cyborg Illusion Turtleneck Top Size S
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER vintage rare cyborg illusion stretch long sleeves turtleneck top. Label reads
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Maille 1996 Cyberbaba Body Map Optical Illusion long sleeve
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Jean Paul Gaultier Optical Illusion Portrait Eye Applique Sheer Mesh Top Size L
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Cyberbaba Tattoo Body Map Optical Illusion Top Size M
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Iconic Jean Paul Gaultier Sheer Mesh 3-D Optical Illusion Face Turtle Neck Top
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F/W 2004 Jean Paul Gaultier Runway Purple Trompe l’oeil Illusion Cardigan Top
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Iconic Body Contour Maxi Caftan S/S 1996 Collection
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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER "Cyberbaba" Body Map Optical Illusion Blazer Jacket
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Jean Paul Gaultier yellow optical illusion printed mesh shirt, ss 1996
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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Vintage 1996 JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Cyberbaba Optic Illusion Skirt by Victor Vasarel
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Nude tattoo look mesh top from Jean Paul Gaultier! NEW without Tag! SIZE: it fits from medium to
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Find the exact vintage or contemporary jean paul gaultier illusion you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Brown is a pretty popular color, but we also have Gray, Beige, Red and more in stock now. Making the right choice when shopping for a jean paul gaultier illusion may mean looking at versions that date from different eras — you can find early iterations from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century, both of which have proven very popular over the years. There aren’t many items for men if you’re seeking these accessories, as most of the options available are for women and unisex.
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Endeavoring to tear down gender stereotypes and sartorial norms on the catwalk, making underwear outerwear, putting men in skirts and models of all shapes and sizes on the runway, Jean Paul Gaultier has created wildly provocative, transformational designs for day dresses, gowns, tops and other garments that draw on numerous influences and boldly merge haute couture with street sensibility.
An only child raised in the suburbs of Paris, Gaultier didn’t have a formal fashion education. But he loved to sketch and was drawn to clothing, citing the corsets in his maternal grandmother’s closet as having a formative impact on his creative direction. He’s said that some of his earliest fashion work was for his teddy bear, and later he would send his sketches to designers he revered, including Pierre Cardin.
Gaultier began his career in 1970 as an assistant to Cardin, who admired the sketches the 18-year-old had sent for his appraisal. After Gaultier had his first runway show in 1976, featuring unconventional statements like pairing motorcycle jackets with ballerina skirts, it didn’t take long for his star to rise.
Gaultier's playful but exquisitely crafted reimaginings of classic Parisian styles — the striped mariner shirt, the trench coat — soon became recurring themes of his eponymous house, which he founded with his life partner and business associate Francis Menuge in 1982.
“He was absolutely peerless for the longest time in the late ’80s and early ’90s,” fashion editor Tim Blanks told the New York Times. This was the period of Gaultier’s most iconic designs.
In 1984, Gaultier’s “Boy Toy” collection challenged men’s fashion with striped shirts and skirts — and sold around 3,000 of them. He was hailed for spectacle-laden runway shows and superb tailoring. Gaultier began to work with Madonna during the late 1980s, and, at the pop star’s request, he designed the costumes for her 1990 “Blond Ambition” tour. Her pink corset became a cultural touchstone of the era.
Gaultier continued to expand his brand. There were the colorful all-over graphic prints in the sheer stretch-tulle fabric of his Soleil line — which have gained fans in millennials seeking the authentic, easy style of 1990s fashion — and he debuted his first couture collection in 1997. Gaultier created costumes for film and stage and was nominated for a César Award for Best Costume Design for The City of Lost Children (1995) and then a second for Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element (1997).
From 2003 to 2010, Gaultier was the creative director for Hermès. The first international exhibition of his work, “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk,” debuted in 2011 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and toured to cities including Stockholm, New York City, Dallas and London. Vintage Gaultier Birkin bags are unsurprisingly sought-after collectibles, and the So Black collection — a line that included the So Black Birkin, which featured black PVD-coated hardware — was among his last works for the brand before his departure.
Gaultier presented his last ready-to-wear collection in 2014 and in 2020 stepped down from his couture line, ending his boundary-pushing, industry-shaping reign with a raucous show of more than 230 outfits formed from fragments of collections from across his 50-year career.
One of fashion’s enfants terribles, Gaultier has never sought out pretty for pretty’s sake. Instead, he has challenged the traditional ideals of beauty. Today, the designer's vintage clothing designs — experimental undergarments cut from lace and suede, leather-trimmed evening dresses and jackets of denim, plastic or striped jersey — are as punk as they are high fashion.
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